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A. W. SAWYER.

CUFF HOLDER.

Patented June 19, 1888.

WI TNESEEE I N PETERS, Phoflmlfliwgnphur. Washington, o..c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREWV W. SAWYER, OF'PROVIDENOE, RHODE ISLAND.

CUFF-HOLDER.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,722, dated June 19, 1888.

Application filed March 2, 1888. Serial No. 265,912. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concerns- Be it known that I, ANDREW W. SAWYER, ofProvidence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the inven tion, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart ofthis specification.

My present invention is a further improve ment on my United States Patent No. 355,343, dated January 4, 1887, and it is adapted as well for gentlemens as for ladies wear.

My improvements'consist in certain special-.

ties and details of construction, which will clearly appear from the following description. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 illustratesone form of m-yimproved cuff-holder. Fig. 2 illustrates another form of the same. Fig. 3 is a modification of the lower part of the cuft'-holder,or the part which is adapted to be attached to the cuff. Fig. 4 illustrates an edge view of such a holder as Fig. 2 as connected to a cuff and sleeve, and Fig. 5 illustrates a front view of the same.

Similar letters represent like parts in all the figures. y A represents the shank-plate, which is preferably made of spring metal, and having one of its ends bent over to form a curved hook,b. The tongue or strip which constitutes the spring 0 forms part of the 'shankplate A, and 1s struck up or cut or punched out of said plate, except at its end farthest from the hook I), which end is left uncut, and consequently attached to the shank-plate. This spring 0 also extends out from the plate A, so that its free end (I is in close proximity to the hook I), to enable it to hold the edge of the sleeve against said hook. The free end at of the spring 0 may extend into the hook a short distance; but I prefer to have it terminate about the end of said hook, and also to have the end of the latter curved toward the end of the spring, as shown in the drawings, as this construction will tend to prevent either the end of the hook or the spring from accidentally passing through the goods of the sleeve. The lower end of the cufl' holder is bent in the opposite direction from the hook b to form a fastening device for the lower por, tion of the cuff. The fornishown in Fig. 1 illustrates said fastening device as a spring-hook, e, the spring of said hook being formed .by bending it against or toward its shank. This hook e is adapted either to bind the lower edge of the cuff or to be inserted in one or both of the lower button-holes of the same. i 1 i My improved cuff-holder may either be made in one piece, as shownin Fig. 1, or it may be made in two or more pieces.

Figs. 2 and 3 illustrate two forms in which shank A, and above these lips f f the shank B is bent in at 9 against the shank A, the object of said tongues and bent portion being to hold and bind the two shanks A and B to-f gether. The extreme upper end of the shank B is formed of a small projection or' tongue, h, which is bent over so as to enter the slot 0', caused by the cutting out of the spring a, and

this tongue is adapted to prevent the twov shanks being pushed apart, as the limit of their movement upon being pushed will be when the tongue h strikes against the upper end of the slot 0'. Small lateral projections i z extend from the lower end of the shank Ato limit the sliding movement of the two shanks A and B,whcn being pulled apart, by said projections striking against the lips f f, beyond which they cannot pass. The two shanks have,

therefore,a longitudinal play upon each other,

limited by the distance between the upper end of the slot 0' and the upper end of the shank B when theprojections i i rest against the lower lips, ff. 7 The lower end of the shank B may terminate in a spring'hook, 6, similar to that shown in Fig. 1, in which case the cuffholder will be particularly adapted for ladies wear,or for narrow cuffs; or the shank B may be as represented in Figs. 2 and 3, which construotionslare adapted for gentlemen s wear,or cuffs. In Fig. 2, C is a right-angled projec tion or offset extending from one side of the shank B, and its outer end is provided with a tongue, D, which is cut or punched out, so as to be about parallel with the shank, (see dotted lines,) and afterward turneddown, so as to form a kind of hook with the offset. The shaft, offset, and tongue I prefer to make all in one piece, although they may be made in several pieces and secured together. The tongueD is adapted to be inserted into one or both of the lower button-holes of the cuff, so that it will be on the inside of the cuff and the offset on the outer side of the same, thus preventing the tongue from slipping out.

The object of the offset or lateral projection O is to extend the shanks and hook I) out of the way and to one side of the cuif-button, (see Fig. 3,) otherwise, as the upper and lower button-holes of the cuff are in a line at right angles to the slits of the button-holes, the upper end and hook I) of the holder would either be under the cuff-button (which would expose considerable of the cuif beyond the sleeve) or they would rub and press against the upper surface of the button, which would tend to injure it. to have the holder in the same line with the U two button-holes, upper and lower, the tongue connected with the shank, and then turned down, so as to be parallel with the lower part, k, of the shank.

In every form of my improved cuff-holder only a very small portion of it will be visible when applied to a cuff and sleeve, and this will be the extremity and curve of the hook I). All the rest of the holder will be concealed by the cufi" and the sleeve surrounding the same. The longitudinal adj ustability of the two parts of the holder each upon the other will allow of its being shortened or lengthened to adapt it In case, however, it should be desired to cuffs of different widths, so that it may be lengthened for wide cuffs and shortened for narrower ones. 7

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is

1. A cuff-holder having a spring-hook at one end and a fastening device at the otherend, which consists of two parallel tongues extending in the opposite direction from the hook.

2. A cuff-holder having. two shanks which are longitudinally adjustable upon each other, one shank having aspring-hook upon its outer end, and the other shank having at its outer end two parallel tongues extending in the opposite direction from the hook,'all substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. A cuff-holder having a spring-hook at one end, a lateral offset extending from its other end, and a tongue extending from the inner edge of said offset and longitudinally outward from the shank, substantially as and for the purposes described.

4. A cuff-holder having two shanks which are longitudinally adjustable upon each other, one shank having aspring-hook upon its outer end and the other shank having alateral offset extending from its outer end, and a tongue extending from the inner edge of said offset and longitudinally outward from the shank, all substantially as shown, and for the purposes described.

5. The combination, with the two shanks A and B, of the lipsff, tongue h, slot 0', and projections i i, all substantially as shown, and for the purposes described.

ANDREW WV. SAVVYER. Witnesses:

CHARLES GREENE, EDGAR T. KNoWLEs. 

